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What is Social Capital?
Social activity
It is the network of relations amongst people in a society, enabling that society to function effectively.
True or False: Most researchers think that social capital Benefits health.
True
What animal can hold their breath longer? Sloths or Dolphins?
Sloths
What is job decision latitude?
the working individual's potential control over his tasks and his conduct during the working day
Who views social capital as a resource for action?
Coleman
What year was the Pumpkin Spice Latte introduced?
2003
True or False: The national animal of Scotland is a dragon
False (Unicorn)
Why does social capital matter to health ?
Social Bonding, bridging may result in health benefits mechanisms through faster diffusions of knowledge about health. e.g. innovations, certain tech, maintenance of healthy norms.
What is decision autonomy?
extent to which workers have the discretion to decide when, where, and how work gets done
who emphasized the importance of supportive relationships between staff and parents in early childhood education settings and schools.
Barnes and Nolan
There are 3 dimensions of social capital, what are they?
structural, bonding, and bridging
True or False: Developing trust within programs may also be important to building social capital.
True
How can Social capital assist people's health?
by exerting influence of health policies on a Macro-level with the access of micro-level health services and resources needed e.g. period poverty.
- Providing diverse forms of SOCIAL SUPPORT (informational, emotional, material)
- Acting as social credentials when accessing health resources.
- Decreasing exposure to health stressors.
- Advancing objective and subjective social status
- encourages health beneficial activites e.g. sports
- reinforcing psychological resources.
What is skill utilization?
extent to which workers can deploy and develop skills and expertise on the job.
Who proposed the idea that living in a high social capital community can be beneficial even if you don't have good social skills?
Putnam
What is one learning objective for week 5?
True or False: Involvement in social networks does not provide social support
What are the 3 types of social support?
Emotional support, instrumental aid, and informational aid
What is structural social capital?
Eriksson Reading
Structural social capital refers to the presence of a network of access to people and resources
Who views social capital as norms and networks that facilitate collective action?
Woolcock
How do community development and social capital work together?
brings cultural, social and political capital together
-legitimization of alternative
-inclusive and diverse networks
resource mobilization
willingness to take risks for local projects of amenities
communitys willingness to invest in itself begets outside investments
True or False: Social capital, conceptualized as an individual characteristic, can contribute to the field of health promotion by adding new knowledge on how social network interventions may best be designed to meet the needs of the target group
True
What is Professor Brown-Graham the founder and director of?
ncImpact Initiative
What is Bonding social capital ?
Close relationships between people who are similar/alike. Social ties in your immediate life e.g. family, friends (all part of social structure)
INFORMAL REALM
Who emphasizes the distinction between characteristics of networks as the sources, while the actual resources provided are defined as effects of social capital?
Portes